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Stories from Global Startup Ecosystems and Startup Support Programs

Friday, 18 December 2020

3:00–4:00 PM IST

Hosts & speakers 5

Christopher Peralta Speaker

Founder, Silicon Valley HQ

Johnson Lam Speaker

Founder, KakiDIY

Monica Mehta Speaker

Executive Vice President, Wadhwani Foundation

Stanley Ng Speaker

Program Director - Southeast Asia, New Energy Nexus

Sweta Rau Speaker

Founder, White Ventures

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Defining your ideal customer How do I keep my whole team aligned on who our ideal customer is once we start hiring? An ICP that lives only in your head fractures the moment sales, marketing, and product...

Hiring your first employees Should I hire full-time employees, contractors, or an agency first? For core product and anything that IS your business, hire people who own it,...

Valuation, SAFEs & term sheets What is a SAFE and how does it actually work? A SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) lets an investor give you money now in...

Content & SEO foundations Should I use AI to write my blog posts, and will Google penalize me for it? Google doesn't penalize AI content as such, it penalizes unhelpful content whether a...

Business models explained How do I figure out my unit economics before I have real customers? Build a simple model of what one sale costs you and what it earns you: price minus the...

Finding a co-founder Should I give a co-founder equity or a salary if they join after I've already started? A true co-founder gets meaningful equity, a cliff, and vesting, and takes real risk...

Validating your idea What is a concierge or Wizard of Oz MVP and when should I use one? A concierge MVP means you deliver the service by hand, personally, for your first few...

Mentors, advisors & network As a founder building from India, how do I build a network with global investors and operators without moving abroad? You do not need to relocate, you need to be discoverable and credible from where you...

Solo founder survival guide Can a solo founder raise venture funding, or will investors always pass because I have no co-founder? You can raise as a solo founder, but you are fighting a real bias, so you must...

Cold outreach & email What tools should I use to send and track cold outreach without spamming? For your first customers you often need nothing more than your normal inbox and a...

Polls

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Operations How do people book time with you?

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Google Calendar appointments 8 votes · 32%

Calendly 7 votes · 28%

Cal.com 4 votes · 16%

Microsoft Bookings 2 votes · 8%

Phone Call or Whatsapp 2 votes · 8%

Zoho Bookings 1 vote · 4%

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Sales & Marketing What do you run WhatsApp for business on?

Just the WhatsApp Business app 5 votes · 63%

AiSensy 1 vote · 13%

BusinessOnBot 1 vote · 13%

Retner.ai 1 vote · 13%

Interakt 0 votes · 0%

Wati 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal What do you send your invoices with?

Zoho Books 2 votes · 50%

Others 1 vote · 25%

Email 1 vote · 25%

Refrens 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Invoice 0 votes · 0%

Vyapar 0 votes · 0%

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AI Which AI coding tool do you build with?

Claude Code 3 votes · 43%

Cursor 1 vote · 14%

OpenAI Codex 1 vote · 14%

Replit 1 vote · 14%

Lovable 1 vote · 14%

GitHub Copilot 0 votes · 0%

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Operations Which courier partner ships your orders?

Shiprocket 1 vote · 33%

Blue Dart 1 vote · 33%

DTDC 1 vote · 33%

Delhivery 0 votes · 0%

Ecom Express 0 votes · 0%

Xpressbees 0 votes · 0%

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People & Hiring How do you run payroll and HR?

Keka 2 votes · 67%

RazorpayX Payroll 1 vote · 33%

GreytHR 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Payroll 0 votes · 0%

Kredily 0 votes · 0%

Darwinbox 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal How do you manage company spends and cards?

IDFC Business Card 1 vote · 100%

Volopay 0 votes · 0%

Happay 0 votes · 0%

EnKash 0 votes · 0%

Kodo 0 votes · 0%

Zaggle 0 votes · 0%

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Operations How does your team book business travel?

MakeMyTrip 2 votes · 40%

EaseMyTrip 1 vote · 20%

Ixigo 1 vote · 20%

Direct on airline and hotel sites 1 vote · 20%

Cleartrip 0 votes · 0%

Yatra 0 votes · 0%

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Operations Where does your team work from?

Our own office 4 votes · 44%

Work from home 4 votes · 44%

DevX 1 vote · 11%

WeWork 0 votes · 0%

Awfis 0 votes · 0%

91springboard 0 votes · 0%

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Sales & Marketing What powers your customer support?

That Was AI 1 vote · 100%

Zendesk 0 votes · 0%

Freshdesk 0 votes · 0%

Intercom 0 votes · 0%

HubSpot Service 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Desk 0 votes · 0%

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Asks

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Product & UX Product leader\managers\owners, looking to collaborate on a market research effort for my startup. Need... Chaitanya Joshi

Looking for an open-source video generator for education/ career development program. Riya Shah

Planning Solo Founders Socials at eChai across cities. A lot of founders are building alone. Different... Jatin Chaudhary

Marketing & brand I’m currently exploring opportunities in Ahmedabad. I have 11+ years of experience in Food FMCG and... Chinmay Parekh

Partnerships & BD Looking for a professional video studio in Delhi for a long-term partnership — not a standard booking. We... Mr Mujtaba

Partnerships & BD I'm looking for resellers or agency partners. I'm open to co-marketing or a partnership with another... Pragnesh Shah

Looking forward to connecting with startup folks in Ahmedabad who play cricket. We are hosting eChai... Jatin Chaudhary

Fundraising & investors I'd value help building a tight list of the right investors to approach. Sudheer Panyam

Mentorship & advice I'm looking for a small peer group of founders to think with. Also need mentoring support from... Vivart Patel

Customers & demand I'm looking for first users or design partners to pilot what we're building. Vivart Patel

Podcasts

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How to Launch a Viral Beauty Brand in Under a Year | Brunel Foundr

Scaling Past Informal AI - Carina Hong, Axiom Math

Scaling Past Informal AI - Carina Hong, Axiom Math Latent Space

Why India Is THE Leading Emerging Market for Public Investing | Kevin on The Desi VC

Why India Is THE Leading Emerging Market for Public Investing | Kevin on The Desi VC The Desi VC

Why KFC Spends Millions Promoting a Fake Secret

Why KFC Spends Millions Promoting a Fake Secret Nudge

Legendary Investor Dan Loeb on AI, Credit, & Third Point’s $25B Strategy

Legendary Investor Dan Loeb on AI, Credit, & Third Point’s $25B Strategy Invest Like the Best

The Truth About Online Pharmacy In India

The Truth About Online Pharmacy In India WTF is with Nikhil Kamath

Coatue’s Laffont Brothers. AI, Public & VC Mkts, Macro, US Debt, Crypto, IPO's, & more | BG2

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Our Agent Negotiated a Vendor Renewal, Became a CFO and a Better SDR .. but has too many guardrails SaaStr

Books

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Built to Last Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras

Death by Meeting

Death by Meeting Patrick Lencioni

The Culture Map

The Culture Map Erin Meyer

The Challenger Sale

The Challenger Sale Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson

The Psychology of Money

The Psychology of Money Morgan Housel

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership John C. Maxwell

Inspired Marty Cagan

This Time Is Different

This Time Is Different Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff

Manias, Panics, and Crashes

Manias, Panics, and Crashes Charles P. Kindleberger

The Effective Executive

The Effective Executive Peter F. Drucker

Watchlist

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Film Band Baaja Baaraat A genuine Indian founder story on cofounders, cash flow and mixing work and feelings.

Docuseries Bad Boy Billionaires: India Cautionary founder cases on ambition, leverage, fraud and what happens when growth...

Film Air A superb study of negotiation, conviction and a category defining bet.

TV Series Jubilee A rich story about building an entertainment business, fighting for talent and...

TV Series The Bold Type Light but useful on media, personal brand and ambition in a changing industry.

TV Series Better Call Saul Detailed on building a practice from scratch, hustle, branding and reinvention.

TV Series Made for Love A pointed look at surveillance products and founder god complexes.

Film Moneyball A favorite among founders on data, contrarian strategy and resource constraints.

Film Ford v Ferrari Strong on engineering, teams and competing with a dominant rival.

Film Pelli Choopulu A warm and realistic story of young founders building a food business from nothing.

AI tools

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Automation & agents Manus

Assistants Meta AI

Data & analytics Rows

Coding GitHub Copilot

Video & audio Pika

Research & search Perplexity

Video & audio Sora

Writing & content Copy.ai

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